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<description><![CDATA[Dinorah Blackman is an author, teacher, Christian life-coach, psychologist, and sought-after motivational speaker. Her  greatest joy comes from inspiring others to live life to its fullest. She has written three books, and countless articles and devotionals in English and Spanish.]]></description>
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<title>Finding a Couple to Date</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:06:10 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most people believe that once you get married your lonely weekend woes end. Let me start by telling you that you're wrong. Couples-- especially newlyweds-- experience the same expectation-of-boredom anxiety when Friday rolls around.]]></description>
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<title>Treat People Right</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:50:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One of the reasons why so many small businesses struggle for years is because even though their product or service might be good, they don't treat their customers with respect. People aren't loyal to modern decor and comfortable furniture; people come back because of how you or your employees made them feel. So you can hand out free juice, tea, coffee, candy or back rubs, but if they are greeted (or not) by a mean and surly worker who looks like his face would get a heart attack if he smiled, chances are they won't come back.]]></description>
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<title>Money on My Mind</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:29:03 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Someone once said that you can see what's in a person's heart by the way they handle their finances. If you analyze this keeping in mind that your life is the result of your thoughts, then it's a scary statement. At the same time, though, it puts the ball back in your court both to assign responsibility where it's rightfully due as well as to empower you to make changes.]]></description>
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<title>Envy Is Ignorance</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:29:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that envy is ignorance. Many have tried to analyze and decipher what he meant. Some have come up with strange ideas and suppositions that have very little to do with the original quote. It's quite simple, really, if you understand what envy is and what ignorance is.]]></description>
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<title>Get That Promotion: Ten Simple Rules to Help You Make It</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:24:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Regardless of what your current employment situation might be, chances are you have thought about moving up to a more attractive or better paying position. If you're like most people, though, you might have inaccurate ideas about how to go about getting a promotion. Your ideas could be based on what you've seen in movies, books you've read, or what others have told you. In real life the key is becoming a valuable employee.]]></description>
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<title>God Doesn't Need a Show</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:08:07 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I find it particularly contradictory when Christians are mean and cruel. They have forgotten what matters most to God. Good for you! that you only listen to Christian music, congratulations! because you've read the Bible from cover to cover and can recite all the names of the books, best wishes! because you never wear make-up, jewelry or pants, and well done! because you only eat herbs. None of that is important to God because it's all on the outside. It's all a show for others to see.]]></description>
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<title>Are You That Toxic Person?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:52:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If we fall into the habit of blaming others for our mistakes and flaws, we will never do better. A wise person once said that when we blame others for our mistakes we give up our power to change. In other words as long as I hold others responsible for my attitude and my errors, I keep from looking in the mirror and identifying who is really at fault.]]></description>
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<title>10 Practical Ways to Manage Your Weight</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 15:41:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Almost every woman can tell you horror stories about diets gone wrong, and most are convinced that diets simply don't work. So instead of trying to talk you into yet another slim-down-fast strategy, I give you ten practical ideas that actually work.]]></description>
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<title>You Reap What You Sow</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:37:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Our lives really are a result of our decisions and our decisions are a result of our thoughts. If you want to see improvements in your life you need to pay attention to what primarily consumes your thoughts.]]></description>
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<title>Blossom Where You Are</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:39:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How can you blossom where you are? I'm glad you asked.]]></description>
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<title>True Lies - Think Before You Believe</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:53:43 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People are obsessed with sad, depressing news about evil deeds and conspiracies. We also tend to believe the worst about others, especially when it comes to the lifestyle and choices of celebrities, politicians, religious leaders, and other famous people.]]></description>
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<title>All That Glitters - Learning to Handle Frustration</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:07:51 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Few things in life are exactly what they seem. We've all heard of someone who paid good money for an item that didn't live up to their expectations. It happens even in regards to relationships, careers, movies, books... you name it. If you live long enough something or someone is bound to disappoint you, and that may lead to feelings of frustration. But how you react can make a huge difference in the outcome.]]></description>
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<title>Viva Forty!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:02:24 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I'm going to be forty in a few weeks. I have no idea what to expect, but if it feels at all like when I turned 30, I'm pretty sure I will survive. However, I'm not naive. I'm well aware that this decade is going to bring some changes. But whatever those changes entail, I say bring it on!]]></description>
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<title>Being Smart Or Being Wise</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:49:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We probably all know someone who was extremely intelligent, got all the fabulous grades in school, and then ended up living a really messed up life. What went wrong?]]></description>
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<title>What About the Extra Mile?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 14:19:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In a society in which we are taught from an early age to look out for ourselves, to defend our rights, and to fight back, it seems odd to ask anyone to go a little further, to give a little more, to do a little additional work.  In fact when read from a "modern" 2009 perspective, this seems like a formula for disaster.  It seems to encourage disrespectful and abusive behavior.  It seems to suggest that one become a door mat!]]></description>
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<title>Tiny Details</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:26:24 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You might have heard about the beauty of practicing random acts of kindness and might be tempted to believe that you really don't have that much to offer. But if you would only take the time to keep your eyes and ears open, you would find dozens of ways to enrich somebody's life through one simple gesture.]]></description>
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<title>This Thing Called Self-Esteem</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:16:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Healthy self-esteem allows you to accept yourself in spite of your limitations and flaws, and it allows you to accept every other individual.  This does not mean that in order for your self-esteem to be considered healthy everybody needs to love you. It simply means that negative attitudes of prejudice, bigotry, and superiority have no place in the mind of a person that has healthy feelings of self worth.]]></description>
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<title>Deliver the WOW!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:36:44 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Recently my eye caught sight of a poster in the crew area of a cruise ship. It said "Deliver the Wow! Go above and beyond their expectations". I walked away mulling over this statement. Wouldn't the world be a better place if everybody made it their business to go above and beyond their job description?]]></description>
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<title>Give Or Take?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:49:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The world would be a perfect place if each of us were granted the opportunity to work at our dream job making a monthly six figure salary.  I am sure that given those circumstances most people would pour themselves passionately into the job, performing according to elevated standards of excellence resulting from a self-motivated outlook.]]></description>
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<title>Judge Not</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 08:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We are all convinced by now about how destructive criticizing and judging others can be, yet it's almost a natural human reaction.  We see someone, we look them over, we draw conclusions. Simple as that.]]></description>
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<title>Who Decides for You?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:49:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just yesterday I went to a popular store to buy a pair of sensible brown shoes. I had a hard time deciding which shoes to buy because I sincerely dislike shopping. Now before you say to yourself I thought all women were supposed to love shopping.]]></description>
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<title>No Regrets</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:58:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We must learn to live our lives in such a way that we don't waste energy regretting not having done more.  Life cannot be run on good intentions and thoughts of what you should have or could have done.  Excellence is not something you do if the time (or price) is right. Excellence is a lifestyle.]]></description>
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<title>What's In a Name?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:51:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We have long heard about the influence that our thoughts have on our daily life.  It has been proven that if we constantly think negative thoughts our choices and overall behavior will be affected.  That's the reason why so many empowerment speakers and authors constantly urge us to speak to ourselves in the present tense, using only words of encouragement and hope.  ]]></description>
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<title>Always Give Your Best</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:51:40 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How many brawls and squabbles with total strangers would be avoided if we remembered that we own our emotions! This is not to say that one is supposed to sit back and become everybody's doormat. What it means is that some conflicts are not worth fighting; hence we need to be wise and know how to pick our battles.]]></description>
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<title>It Is Not In A Jar</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:59:01 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is time we understood that success, self-respect and self-esteem have nothing to do with how many different colors you can paint over your eyes, neither does it have anything to do with getting the perfect shade of lipstick.]]></description>
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<title>It's Up to You</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:29:30 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You only have a few seconds to make an impression.  Be sure to be on your best behavior...]]></description>
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<title>A Real Woman</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2006 11:56:15 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We live in a world of fierce contradictions. Just when self-help gurus, preachers and therapists are urging us to become real and to accept and love ourselves just as we are, more and more people are submitting to extremely expensive and delicate surgeries and enduring long, painful recoveries for the sake of attaining perfection.]]></description>
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<title>How to Break Up With a Toxic Friend</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:04:02 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You are stuck in a dead-end relationship and you really want out. You do not want to hurt this person's feelings, because regardless of how bad things are, you care. But how do you go about telling her that you would rather not be friends anymore? Should you just do a disappearing act and hope he will get the point? Is it a good idea to just withdraw until you drift apart? ]]></description>
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<title>Are You Stuck in a Toxic Relationship?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:04:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Friendship is all about looking out for each other and helping each other blossom.  Learn to identify toxic relationships and walk away from them because you can only thrive when you march with the right people.]]></description>
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<title>You Can Only Give What You Have</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:13:42 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A lot of times we confuse severity with sincerity.  In the name of honesty we speak insensitive, judgmental words and we tend to be stingy and sparing with expressions of encouragement.  We overlook the achievements of those close to us, we hesitate before offering uplifting words, we have a hard time finding something heartening to say, and sometimes we're downright rude and obnoxious. And it's all because we cannot give what we ourselves do not possess.]]></description>
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<title>Mend Your Broken Heart</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:28:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The truth is that while there are many things you can do to help yourself get over the situation, pretending to be fine when you're not is hardly a reasonable strategy.  I have found that it makes no sense to try to fool yourself.  Admit that you're hurting, but be encouraged that it's true what they say: time heals all wounds]]></description>
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<title>Do You Really Want to Lose Weight?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:30:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although we're living in an age when there is a thousand times more information on health and nutrition and weight loss, there have never been more overweight people in history! This doesn't make a lot of sense, something is terribly wrong.  Could it be that the diets are designed so you'll always have to keep buying them to look your best? Can it be that foods are prepared in such a way that you become addicted to them and can't stop eating even though you keep getting fatter? Is it that we are so emotionally messed up that we treat food like a pacifier? Or is it a deadly combination of all the above and more?]]></description>
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<title>Over Thirty and Still Single?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:35:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Single women over thirty are falling victims to one of the oldest scams ever: any man is better than no man. And so we find intelligent, beautiful, professional women dating, marrying, shacking up with or becoming pregnant for total losers.  I've seen it happen to a number of my single girl friends, and I'm still amazed at how easily they give up on themselves to embrace this malicious philosophy.  ]]></description>
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<title>Why Every Woman Needs Some &quot;Me Time&quot; (And How To Get It)</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:32:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[These days everybody is in a hurry to get somewhere or to do something.  It's amazing how in a few years technology has simplified our lives so we can have more time to do the hundreds of tasks we seem to want to do less than 24 hours. And so we keep packing more and more activities into our daily schedule, priding ourselves on good time management, when in reality we are just stressing ourselves  out and wearing ourselves thin.]]></description>
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<title>Five Ways to Become a Better Boss</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:03:33 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[People still tend to pay more attention to what you do versus what you say.  So that old adage: "actions speak louder than words" is still valid today.  If you're in a position of leadership, always remember that your team, your personnel, and the people you work with are constantly watching you; be sure to put on a good show!
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<title>Become Chic in 6 Easy Steps</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2006 09:49:34 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every single woman is beautiful, and I'm not referring to inner beauty.  The reason why so many women see themselves as ugly and inadequate, is because society has come up with ridiculous definitions of beauty that only a small percentage of women are able to attain; and most of those only after the ever so popular "complete makeovers."]]></description>
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<title>5 Ways to Form Good Study Habits in your Kids</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 19:21:30 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Homework is a fact of life.  If you have school-age children, you've probably found yourself doing math problems of helping with English essays. But parenting does not necessarily mean that you're stuck doing homework again.  Although it is your duty to make sure your kids fulfil all their academic tasks, it's also your duty to instruct them on how to do it themselves; while you fade into the background as a supervisor.]]></description>
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<title>Spice up your Prayers!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:42:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Praying for others is a gratifying experience.  Wouldn't you feel empowered if you found out that people you barely know are praying for you? Become a blessing today. You'll be amazed at what God can do.

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